Non-refillable bottle.



A. O. WATTS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.16, 1911.

1,080,31 1. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

:OLLMBIA PLANOGIZAPH co., Asmv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS C. WATTS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANDREW WINTER AND FRANK OESTREICHER AND ONE-HALF TO WILLIARD B. FORSYTHE,

ALL OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed October 16, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS C. WATTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of F ranklin and State of Ohio, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles and is particularly designed to provide a non-refillable bottle of such a structure that will greatly decrease the cost of making, owing to its simplicity and will be particularly efficacious for the reason that it 1nvolves practically no alteration in the structure of the bottle to which it is to be applied.

More explicitly, my non-refillable bottle is rendered so by the peculiar structure of stopper utilized in its production and is rendered peculiarly effective because the essential features of its operation do not require any other force than gravity to effect the same. This necessarily results in a more accurate and certain operation and one which will not become defective with the lapse of time.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a bottle showing my improved stopper applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on line 44 of Fig. 2, and, Fig. 5 is a detail view showing one means I may adopt for retaining my improved stopper in proper posit-ion.

In the drawings, the bottle is shown at l as having a neck 2 for the reception of a stopper 3 having its periphery provided upon opposing sides with tortuous passages 4 for the prevention of the insertion of any implement designed to interfere with the normal gravity operation of my valve. These tortuous passages extend to the upper end of the stopper upon either side thereof and are designed to form outlet passages for the emission of any fluid entering such tortuous passages when the bottle is inverted. The lower ends of the tortuous passages are desirably extended in a somewhat lateral di- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 655,026.

rection as at 5 and such lateral extensions intersect longitudinal grooves 6 which are closed at their upper ends, but which communicate at their lower ends with the interior of the bottle. The upper portion of these grooves 6 are provided with V-shaped bases as at 7 while the lower portions thereof are substantially rectangular in cross section as at 8. The dividing line between these portions 7 and 8 is somewhere below the lower edge of the lateral extension 5. Slidably disposed in each one of these grooves 6, is a valve member 9 which is rounded to be substantially flush with the periphery of the stopper and which is provided with an inward substantially V-shaped formation to conform to the bases 7. This inward formation is designated 10 in the drawings and extends the length of the valve. The lower end of such inward portion coacts with the base of the portion 7 to limit the downward movement of the valve and prevent its passage for any considerable distance past the lateral extension 5. The valve is limited in its upward movement by the upper wall 11 of the portion 7.

My improved stopper may be secured in place by cementing or it may be secured in place by the provision of radially expansible pins'such as shown at 12, normally forced outward by springs 13 or other resilient mediums and adapted to lock in sockets formed in the neck of the bottle as at 1 1.

It will be observed that I have provided a non-refillable bottle which eliminates the necessity of using springs and which is capable of a gravity operation in both directions. In addition to this, my non-refillable bottle requires practically no modification of the bottle structure itself and the forming of the stopper is rendered comparatively simple by the provision of all of the ducts and grooves in the periphery in contradistinction to the forming of tortuous passages through the center, although such formation is within the possible intent of my invention.

In the operation of my invention, it will be understood that the inversion of the bottle for the purpose of pouring a fluid therefrom, causes the gravity valve to drop until stopped by the wall 11 and thereby permits a free passage of the fluid into the portion 8 of the groove 6 and by way of the lateral extension 5 through the tortuous groove 4;

for delivery. When the bottle is returned to normal position, the slide valve automatically assumes a position to prevent any connection between the lateral extension 5 and the portion 8 of the groove 6.

Vhat I claim, is:

In a non-refillable bottle, a stopper having a tortuous longitudinal outlet passage in its periphery, a groove disposed in the periphery of said stopper parallel to said passage forming a valve seat and terminating short of the top of the stopper and communicating with the interior of said bottle, said groove having a V-shaped inner wall for a portion of its length and having a lateral extension to form a shoulder therein, a slide valve operating in said groove having-a V-shaped base and limited in its movement to a position of closure by said shoulder, and a communicating passage between said outlet passage and said groove.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS C. WATTS.

lVitnesses C. C. SHEPHERD, WALTER E. L. 13001;.

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